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- From: adap@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Edsel Adap)
- Subject: Re: Print Spoolers
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- Organization: Andrews University
- References: <alfredo.04cn@ajahnv.lonestar.org>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:18:06 GMT
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- In article <alfredo.04cn@ajahnv.lonestar.org> alfredo@ajahnv.lonestar.org (Alfredo Jahn V) writes:
- >Are there any PD or ShareWare Print Spooling programs available for
- >the Amiga? I normally print files using the "run" command, which
- >more-or-less allows for a "spooling" like capability on the Amiga,
- >but I would like to have a *real* spooler.
- >
- >Features I would like to see:
- >
- > o command to list all jobs in the spooler
- > o capability to rearrange jobs
- > o kill *specific* outstanding jobs
- > o kill *all* jobs in the queue
- > o suspend outstanding jobs
- > o switch to allow you to delete the file after it is printed
- > o switch to print a banner for the first page of a print out
- > o default config file for setting switches, etc.
- >
- >It would be nice to have "links" to the files being printed, created
- >in a spool directory (so that big files don't have to be "copied" to
- >the spool directory (configurable, of course)... Does a beast like this
- >already exist? I prefer not to re-invent the wheel, if one already
- >exists. Thanks in advance.
- >
- >If you e-mail replies, I will post all findings after I collect enough
- >replies...
- >
- >-- //
- >Alfredo Jahn V alfredo@ajahnv.lonestar.org \\ //
- >Dallas TX 75206 voice: (214) 821-5481 \X/
-
- You can find spool.lha at amiga.physik.unizh.ch or in one of its mirrors.
-
- Edsel
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- ________________________________________________________________________________
- | Procrastination is my sin | Edsel Adap
- | It brings me naught but sorrow | Computer Science / Mathematics Major
- | I know that I should stop it | Andrews University
- | In fact I will -- Tomorrow! |
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